Welcome to my latest response to Charli’s prompt over at Carrot Ranch: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes a sign. It can be a posted sign, a universal sign, a wonder.
I tried to be funny. You can decide if I succeeded.
The Sign
I dash up the street, my young son’s hand in mine. We weave through the crowd, bumping into a lumbering old man and a child picking something sticky off the pavement.
“Mommy! Slow down!”
I don’t. I know what slowing down means, even if my boy of three doesn’t.
There’s an open store on the corner. A tourist shop selling postcards, plastic jewelry, and native blankets from Mexico. As I yank on the handle, I see the depressing sign: Restroom is for customers only.
“Mommy, I gotta go!”
Guess I’ll be adding a pack of gum to my supply.
Allison Maruska 
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Ha! Your flash is a nod to all the parents who buy what they don’t need to be a customer on behalf of their kids!
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Mission accomplished. 😏
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Love it.
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Thanks! 🙂
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Reblogged this on anita dawes and jaye marie.
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Thanks for sharing!
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😄😄😄 Been there, done that.
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😀
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Written like a true mother.
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This may or may not be based on a dozen true stories…
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